Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Firefighers

Firefighters edit

Original - Firefighters are equipped with a wide variety of equipment to accomplish this task. Some of their tools include ladder trucks, pumper trucks, tanker trucks, fire hose, and fire extinguishers. Very frequent training and refresher training is required. This photograph was taken during a major fire involving an abandoned convent in Massueville, Quebec, Canada. The fire was so violent that firefighters had to focus their efforts on saving the adjacent church instead of attacking the involved building.

Edit 1 by jjron - work on grain & sharpness.

Reason: This photo gives a good exapmle of the the kind of work firefighters have to do and the risks that can be involved in being a firefighter.
Articles this image appears in: Firefighters, Fire photography
Creator: Sylvain Pedneault

Support as nominator CPacker (talk) 21:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose looks grainy overall. The freddinator (talk) 01:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. First of all, for such an easily replicated photo this falls short of the highest technical quality requirements. Second, it fails at encyclopedicity. It actually doesn't show any firefighters really doing anything except standing back -- one guy has a hose, but it's concealed. The caption mentions ladders, firetrucks, and other equipment, but none of that is visible. It's a nice catch of the fiery gable collapsing, but it just doesn't seem like the strongest eample of either firefighting or fire photography.--Dhartung | Talk 05:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 1. Have done a bit of work to improve technical quality. It's not as grainy as some may think, as there's a lot of smoke and water spray around. I like the dynamic nature of the photo, but as Dhartung says, it is oversold in the caption and it may be nice to see more action from the firefighters. Still it is well composed and taken at a opportune time. --jjron (talk) 06:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The image has two very strong messages driving the viewer away. The sharp corner of the building is a negative symbol and dissipates attention. And then the hose jets make an enormous "X" - (don't look!). This immediately loses the attention catching impact of the fire, and disguises the lack of composition. And as mentioned above the friefighters don't seem to be doing much. The long explanation explains why this is not, as it first appears, a training exercise, but the point of a picture is to save words. Motmit (talk) 08:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Poor quality and poor composition with the unseen building on the left being watered by firemen who are looking at the fire on the right. The figures lack the drama of the fire itself. SilkTork *^YES! 15:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 14:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]